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Inflation is where the value of a dollar decreases and the cost of products increase(or inflates). You can see inflation as a monetary phenomenon where they increase the supply of …

Novavax might have underfunded their lobbying department. /s Any vaccine was great for the most at risk population but, as you stated, it's not a solution to covid; only a tool to …

I agree that regulation is a useful tool for society. As a quasi-libertarian, I just want to explain one reason why libertarians don't like regulation. Facebook is calling for regu…

What's your favorite or most closely watched Gen IV reactor? Figure you'd be one to ask.

I can't remember the technical terms for these issues (hypercaloric, nutrient deficient diets or something) but I watch a documentary covering malnutrition. They showed people eati…

Moving the entire solar system is my favorite solution so far: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3y8AIEX_dU

We'll figure out fluorine before space mining is even viable. They will probably have a fluorine-based battery on the market within the next decade.

Don't knock rotating lead till you try it. Seriously, it's like a real time pencil sharpener.

The iPhone is a more profitable platform than iPod. Cannibalizing the iPod market was a move that maximized long-term profit. Jobs wanted the iPad to represent a unique interface a…

"The computer world is not just technicality and razzle-dazzle. It is a continual war over software politics and paradigms. With ideas which are still radical, WE FIGHT ON. We hope…

I'd pay a premium for a TV that doesn't have surveillance technology baked in.

>> Money is power. > Money is just one form of power, not the most powerful. I've over thought this one a lot and happened on an anthropology book that confirmed my position: Power…

He commands a massive audience and, most importantly, the trust of that audience. I called Trump a gameshow host while he was in office. But, he was the most powerful man in the fr…

I can see the added functionality but... wouldn't building a SQL system that implements formal Relational Algebra be more useful? In that case, a person could run a proof solver to…

This was my first counterargument to his post. Latex can be used to make amazing documents but, it is a pain in the ass to learn. If they simplified latex in a similar vain to HTML…

I tutored algebra students and I reccommend the following approach with Khan academy/Openstax resources. Order of Operations(No Variable) Order of Operations(One Variable) Advanced…

I think 1 and 2 are connected. Apple sees the cellular communication game from the perspective of their ecosystem. Improving network agnosticism is supportive of that perspective. …

The problem is precedence. If you let one company commandeer a public resource(in this case access) without resistance, then that will allow others to do the same. I understand you…

The issue is that buzz words and politics are an integral part in the system. The types of technologies and methods that receive government and NGO support will prevail. Tax credit…

Yes, yes, and yes. The problem is "virtue signaling" and the ideological capture of politics. People know what they want at the end of the day. "I don't want to destroy the earth" …

Large reactors currently take at least 10 years to construct. The new small reactors are estimated to take at least 2-5 years. These plants offer continuous power with minimal main…

Heat is call "Low Quality" energy in thermodynamics. Heat is basically disorganized particle movement. It is very hard to convert disorganized energy to organized energy like elect…

You are right. Software doesn't need access to everything and it shouldn't. Unfortunately, it is easier on the consumer end to leave software access somewhat "open ended". The doma…

People also tend to ignore that automation minimizes craftsmanship and art to a MVP. I know a few masons and they are literally artists. Sure, you can lay bricks and have a wall bu…

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